This shutoff valve includes a quarter-turn handle to prevent unwanted movement, an indicator displaying the off position, and two buttons for color-coding hot and cold water. The swivel elbow specifically targets dishwasher installation to easily connect the water supply line to a dishwasher, while the female connector threads onto chrome supply valves and 3/8-in. compression threads for reliable plumbing standards.

The black polypropylene service and repair kit features fittings that come in a sturdy compartmentalized box with a fittings identification label adhered to the inside of the box top. The kit includes 101 fittings of ¼- and 3/8-in. OD in black polypropylene, including male/female connectors, tees, elbows, unions, stem adapters, reducing unions, fixed/plug-in elbows and a tube cutter.

The recently launched LIQUIfit offers a leak-free range of push-to-connect fittings for the potable water and beverage industry. Designed using bio-based material, and with a compact profile, LIQUIfit ensures optimum flow performance and is suitable for contact with food and water. LIQUIfit meets NSF standards 51, 58 and 61.

The new products were designed to connect to backflow preventers, regulators and thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs). In addition, Zurn also will offer standalone push-fit and press-fit tailpiece kits compatible with Zurn union threads.

AWWA CEO David LaFrance thanks water professionals nationwide for keeping water safe for drinking

Dec. 16, 2014, marked the 40th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which today includes regulations for more than 90 contaminants. American Water Works Assn. (AWWA) CEO David LaFrance issued the following statement to mark the occasion.

Water efficiency and sanitation for a building or campus, whether new construction or retrofit, are best achieved through a whole-building approach, with a proper emphasis placed on connectors that regulate pressure.

The Mur-lok female flare fitting is available in lead-free brass. Featuring dual EPDM O-rings for leak resistance, the fittings are designed for use in icemakers, office coffee service and other vending applications. They are available in ¼-in. OD quick-connect by ¼-in. female flare.

The Federal Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act, which passed in 2011, will go into full effect on Jan. 4, 2014. It may come as a surprise that the plumbing industry, through Plumbing Manufacturers Intl. (PMI), was a primary proponent of getting this law passed, in the spirit of harmonizing regulations across the U.S.

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Organizations work together to prepare the industry for the low-lead deadline

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Barbara C. Higgens

About The Author:

Barbara C. Higgens is executive director of Plumbing Manufacturers Intl. Higgens can be reached at bhiggens@pmihome.org or 847.481.5500

Thermobarb barbed fittings for use with plastic and rubber tubing and reinforced hose are available in polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, PVDF and brass, for applications such as laboratories, food and beverage processing, vending equipment, potable water and more. These fittings offer simple connections, with sizes from 1/8- to 1-in. tubing ID in styles including tees, wyes, reducers, connectors, adapters and nipples. Pinch clamps, check valves, clamps and other fittings also are available.